Machine for covering heels



March 21, 1939. .1, BAZZONI MACHINE FOR COVERING HEELS Filed June 3, 1937 Patented Mar. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINE FOR COVERING HEELS Application June 3, 1937, Serial No. 146,303

13 Claims.

In United States Letters Patent No. 2,095,962, granted October 19, 1937, on an application filed in my name, there is disclosed a machine by the use of which the top projecting margin of a cover attached to the side and rear faces of a heel may be quickly and effectively inturned upon and secured to the attaching face of the heel.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved machine of the type disclosed in the above-mentioned patent. With the above object in view, and in accordance with a feature of this invention, there is provided a. machine comprising a wiping tool bodily movable in an orbital path, means for operating the tool, and means for guiding past the tool a heel, a partially applied cover of which has a margin extending beyond an edge of the heel, to cause said margin of the cover to be applied to portions of the heel located adjacent to said edge.

The above and other features of the invention, including certain details of construction and combinations of parts, will be disclosed as embodied in an illustrated machine and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 shows in side elevation the illustrated machine, a portion of which has been broken away, in the process of applying the projecting margin of a cover which has been partially applied to a heel, to the attaching face of the heel;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing in detail the work locating gages and the wiping tool of the machine during the laying of the margin of the cover upon the attaching face of the heel.

The machine is illustrated with reference to applying the top projecting margin of the leather cover 22, which has been secured to the rear and side faces of a heel 24, to the margin of the attaching face 26 (Fig. 3) of the heel. Preparatory to applying the cover 22 to the heel 24 the flesh side of the cover, as well as the portions of the heel surfaces which are tobe covered, are coated with rubber cement or other suitable adhesive, the projecting margin 20 being adhesively secured to the attaching face of the heel upon being pressed against the same.

In order to apply the projecting margin 20 of the cover to the attaching face 26 of the heel, the heel and its cover are guidedv past a wiping tool 28, which is movable at a high speed in an orbital path 30 (Fig. 1), by gages 32 and 34. The flexible wiping tool-28 has the general form of a plate the lower work engaging face of which is convex.

The gage 32 comprises an angular plate 36 which may be secured in different adjusted positions in a guideway 38 (Fig. 1) of the machine frame through the provision of a slot and screw connection M3, and which is bifurcated at its upper end to provide work engaging fingers 42 and a tool receiving slot 44. The gage 32 also comprises an angular plate 46 which has a pair of flanges 48 engaging opposite sides of the angular plate 36 and the upper end of which is provided with work engaging fingers 59. The angular plate 48 may be secured in different adjusted positions upon the angular plate 355 through the provision of a screw and slot connection 52.

Formed integral with the gage 34 is a deflector 54 which causes the projecting margin 20 of the cover to be bent progressively toward the attaching face 26 (Fig. 3) of the heel as the operator rotates'the heel guided by the gages 32 and 34 past the wiping tool 28 in the direction indicated by arrow 56. The gage 34 comprises a pair of spaced rolls 58 which are engaged by the covered rim of the attaching face, the gage being adjustable along a guideway 60 (Fig. 1) of the frame of the machine through the provision of the screw and slot connection. 62. The lower end of the gage 34 is cut away to provide a slot 64 for receiving the wiping tool 28 during a portion of its orbital movement. Since the rolls 58 are engaged by the extreme upper ends of the side and rear faces of the heel and. the gage 32 is engaged by the attaching face 26 of the heel during movement of the heel past the wiping tool 28, the gages 32, 34 may be described as being constructed and arranged to be engaged by angularly disposed faces of the heel.

The wiping tool 28 is riveted or otherwise secured to a carrier 66 (Fig. 1) mounted for sliding movement in a rotatable or pivotally mounted bearing 68 which is mounted in stationary bearings 10. In order to insure against the heel being splashed by oil, openings 12 are formed between the stationary bearings 10 and the mov- =17 able bearing 68. The rear end of the carrier 66 is pivotally connected to a crank '14 mounted upon a shaft 16 which is operatively connected through intermeshing gears 18 and 80 to a drive shaft 82. are readily accessible through the provision of a cover 84 secured to the frame of the machine by screws 86.

As the operator turns the heel guided by the gages 32, 34 in the direction indicated by arrow The operating parts of the machine 56 (Fig. 3), the projecting margin 20 of the cover is progressively bent toward the attaching face 26 of the heel by the deflector 54 and is then forced against the margin of the attaching face of the heel by the wiping tool 28.

The wiping tool 28 conforms to the shape of the attaching face of the heel as it forces the projecting margin of the cover against the attaching face by a succession of strokes, each of which progresses toward the edge of the margin of the cover and is disposed at substantially right angles to an adjacent portion of the rim of the attaching face of the heel.

Although the machine has been described with reference to laying the projecting margin 20 of a cover which has not been skived to the attaching face 26 (Fig. 3) of the heel, it will be understood that the above machine may be advantageously used for laying margins which have been skived, for example, by the use of the machine disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,029,304, granted February 4, 1936, on an application filed in my name.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A covering machine having, in combination, a wiping tool bodily movable in an orbital path, means for operating said tool, and means for guiding past the tool a heel provided with a cover a margin of which extends beyond an edge of the heel to cause the tool to apply said margin of the cover to portions of the heel which are located adjacent to said edge.

2. A covering machine having, in combination,

gages constructed and arranged to be engaged by angularly disposed faces of a heel provided with a cover a margin of which extends beyond an edge of the heel, and a wiping tool movable in an orbital path for applying said margin to portions of the heel which are located adjacent to said edge as the heel is guided by said gages past said tool.

3. A covering machine having, in combination, a flexible wiping tool movable in an orbital path lying in a plane, and means for guiding past the tool a heel having an attached cover a margin of which extends beyond an edge of the heel, said tool and said means being so constructed and arranged that the plane ofrotation of the tool is disposed at substantially right angles to an adjacent portion of the edge of the heel as the tool applies the projecting margin of the cover to the heel.

4. A covering machine having, in combination, a flexible wiping tool, means for guiding past the tool a heel having an attached cover a margin of which projects beyond a face of the heel, and mechanism for moving the tool as a unit in an orbital path to deliver a series of strokes against said margin to lay the same against said face of the heel, each of the strokes progressing toward the edge of the margin as the heel and its cover are guided past the tool by said means.

5. A covering machine having, in combination, a gage constructed and arranged to be engaged by the attaching face of a heel having a cover a margin of which extends beyond said attaching face, a gage constructed and arranged to be engaged by the covered rim of the attaching face of the heel, a wiping tool mounted for combined reciprocation and oscillation, and means for operating the tool to apply said margin to the attaching face of the heel as the heel and the margin of its cover are guided by said gages past the tool.

6. A covering machine having, in combination, a flexible wiping tool mounted for combined reciprocation and oscillation, means for guiding past the tool a heel having a cover a margin of which extends beyond the heel, and means for operating the tool to apply said margin to the heel as the heel and the margin of its cover are guided past the tool.

7. A covering machine having, in combination, a gage constructed and arranged to be engaged by the attaching face of a heel having a cover a margin of which extends beyond said attaching face, a pair of rolls constructed and arranged to be engaged by the covered rim of the attaching face of the heel, a flexible wiping tool, and means for imparting combined reciprocation ant oscillation to said tool to apply said margin of the cover to the attaching face of the heel as the heel and the margin of its cover are guided past the tool by said gage and said rolls.

8. A covering machine having, in combination, means for guiding a heel having a cover a margin of which extends beyond the attaching face of the heeL-and a flexible wiping plate bodily movable in an orbital path toward and away from said means, said tool being conformable to the attaching face of the heel by pressure against the heel to apply said margin of the cover to said attaching face. 7

9. A covering machine having, in combination, a flexible wiper plate having a convex face, gages constructed and arranged to guide past the toola heel having an attached cover a margin of which projects beyond a face of the heel, and means for moving the wiper plate in an orbital path to cause said convex face of the plate to force the projecting margin of the cover against said face of the heel by a series of wiping strokes each of which progresses toward the edge of said margin.

10. A covering machine having, in combination, a deflector for bending a projecting margin of a cover applied to one face of a heel around an edge of the heel and toward an uncovered face of the heel, a flexible tool bodily movable at a high speed in an orbital path, and means for guiding the heel and its cover past the tool to cause the tool to apply said projecting margin of the cover to the uncovered face of the heel.

11. A covering machine having, in' combination, a flexible wiping tool movable in an orbital path, and a pair of gages for guiding past the tool a heel having a cover which is secured to theside and rear faces of the heel and which has a top margin extending beyond the attaching face of the heel, the gages being provided with slots shaped and arranged to receive the tool during a portion of its movement in said path, said.

gages being constructed and arranged to engage the covered rim of the attaching face and the uncovered attaching face of the heel at opposite sides of said path of movement of the tool as the heel is moved past the tool to apply said margin of the cover to the attaching face of the heel.

12. A covering machine having, in combination, a deflector for bending a projecting margin of a cover applied to one face of a heel around an edge of the heel and toward an uncovered face of the heel, a pair of spaced gages constructed and arranged to be engaged by the covered face of the heel, a pair of spaced gages constructed and arranged to be engaged by the uncovered face of the heel, a flexible tool movable at a high speed in an orbital path between said pairs of gages, and means for guiding the heel and its cover past the tool to cause the tool to apply said projecting margin of the cover to the uncovered face of the heel.

13. A, machine for applying covers to heels having, in combination, a flexible wiping tool,

means for guiding a heel past the tool, a carrier to one end of which the tool is secured, means for imparting a circular movement to the other end of the carrier, and a pivotally mounted bearing which is constructed and arranged slidingly to receive the carrier and is located between the 5 tool and said other end of the carrier.

LEWIS J. BAZZONI. 

